Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates - Timothy Knapman

Wow, what a fantastic children's book. We read this book at least once a week in my house. Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates by Timothy Knapman and Adam Stower is a story about Mungo a little boy who loves pirates. He has a favourite book called "The Seafaring Adventures of Captain Horatio Fleet. Captain Horatio Fleet is a dashing, daring, dazzling hero, who rescues Admiral Mainbrace and cabin girl Nora from Barnacle Bill and his scurvy pirates! Mungo's Mum has to read this book every night. She is exhausted having read it six times and leaves Mungo's light on to read it himself. Even Captain Horatio Fleet is tired, so he leaves the book for ...  Read the complete review

My son has really entered into the spirit of the library, opting to borrow several books at every visit and Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates was one of the latest. His school have this book too and he recognised it as having read there before which was a good start as he obviously really enjoyed it enough to borrow it again. Mungo is a young boy who has a favourite story book for bedtime "The Seafaring Adventures of Captain Horatio Fleet". He makes his mum read it five times every night! His story goes along the lines of Admiral Mainbrace and cabin girl Nora get attacked by Barnacle Bill the pirate. Just as they are about to become mince meat, ...  Read the complete review